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ABOUT US

The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in Chinese and Japanese language, linguistics, and literature. As the only university department between Toronto and Vancouver devoted solely to the study of East Asia, we provide our students with a valuable opportunity to build a solid foundation for a career involving this exciting and economically vigorous part of the world.

HISTORY

Courses on East Asia have been offered regularly at the University of Alberta since 1961, making our programme one of the oldest in Western Canada. East-Asia-related courses at the University of Alberta were originally offered within the Department of History and Classics, but in response to the increasing demand for courses on East Asia an independent Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was formed in 1981. Renamed the Department of East Asian Studies in 1994 to reflect the expanded range of topics covered in its courses, the department has continued to grow steadily and now boasts record enrolments in its language and culture courses. Read more

News

  1. Taiwan in Dynamic Transition Conference

    Please join us on May 25th and 26th for the Taiwan in Dynamic Transition Conference. A variety of topics will be discussed, with panels on: 1) History, Identity, and Political Discourse 2) The Political Dimension: Political and Legal Reform 3) Global and Local Interconnections 4) Social Change, Gender, and Popular Culture Please click title for a full description.

  2. New EASIA Music Class for Winter 2014

    This course will trace the intercultural roots of East Asian music by following music as it moved along the Silk Road from Persia, India and Central Asia into China.

  3. Nobel Prize for Literature: Mo Yan Celebration

    Please click here to read the news story on last week's public lecture, round table and multilingual reading of the 2012 Literature Nobel Prize winning author Mo Yan. http://foa.ualberta.ca/Faculty%20of%20Arts%20News/2013/April/Notlostintranslation.aspx

  4. EASIA 456

    Languages and Cultures of Okinawa Learn about Okinawan language endangerment, language policy, multilingualism, linguistic fieldwork while gaining insight into the history, politics and culture(s)/ society of Okinawa. We will closely examine one of the minority languages, Miyako, to gain a deeper understanding of these issues. Students will give reports focusing on areas such as education, religion, sports, music, dance, food, the Ryuukyuu Kingdom, and the US military presence. Click the ttitle for more information!

  5. Chinese Language Screening Dates Set

    For students interested in taking Chinese language courses for Spring/Summer 2013 and Fall 2013, new screening sessions have been confirmed.

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